News from Afghanistan

A staffer on Capitol Hill recently sent a copy of “Endowed by Their Creator”: A Collection of Historic American Military Prayers 1774-Present to an Army Reservist actively serving overseas.  He received the following note:

I wanted to send a quick email to you thanking you for the book you included in the package the office sent me a few weeks ago.  Unfortunately, we do not have a chaplain available at the camp I’m stationed at, so finding my own source of spiritual material has been important.  I particularly enjoy the historical aspect of the prayers in your book, as it connects me to the long tradition of men serving in America’s military, which is a tradition mostly ignored today by the Army at least.  We have little discussion of those that went before us and I don’t think most of the people here feel any connection with that history.  That neglects something that could be a real inspiration for those having a hard time here.  Others survived it before, and we’ll survive it to.  The preface of the book was very interesting as well, particularly its connection to the VMI Supreme Court case a few years ago.  – Army Reservist Serving in Afghanistan

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